(*) As of Patch 5.4 using Up/Down to access previously entered chat lines without the Alt key is limited to non-secure commands only. If you need to access previously entered secure commands (like /cast or /use) you will still need to hold the Alt key.

(**) If a channel is sticky, then after talking in that channel, the chat input box will open to the same chat type again, rather than making you type /g or /ra again.

Options & Commands

Type /pchat for options, or find them in the Interface Options.

Type /clear or /clearchat to clear all visible chat windows.

Type /clear all or /clearchat all to clear all chat windows.

Type /tt" or /wt to send a whisper to your current target.

Some additional options, such as customizing which channels are made sticky and what abbreviations are used for channel names, are available by editing the Core.lua file in a plain-text editor such as Notepad. If you break something, download a fresh copy and try again.

Please DO NOT send me PMs asking for help, reporting bugs, or requesting features. To report a bug or suggest a feature, see the instructions below. To get help, post a comment. I read and respond to every ticket and comment!

Language Support

Works in all languages. Translated into English, Deutsch, Espańol, Français, Portuguęs, Русский, 한국어, 简体中文, and 繁體中文 (partial). Add or update translations for any locale on CurseForge!

Feedback

Post a ticket or comment. If you are reporting a bug, please include directions I can follow to reproduce the bug, whether it still happens when all other addons are disabled, and the exact text of the related error message (if any) from Bugger.

The following features will never be added to PhanxChat, and requests for them will be deleted, so please just don't bother posting such requests:

Reskinned or recolored edit box, chat tabs, or anything else

Custom fonts, outlines, shadows, or text alignments

Freely movable/draggable edit box

Extra entries in the player name right-click menu

Extra click actions on player names (eg. alt-click to invite)

Alerts for specific words or message types seen in chat

Mouseover tooltips on item or other links

Keybindings to open specific chat channels

Nicknames, main/alt aliases, group numbers, levels, or any other extra text

Anything related to timestamps

Version 7.3.0.0

Updated for WoW 7.3

Version 7.1.0.1

Fixed removing brackets from Battle.net player names

Fixed an error when shift-clicking Battle.net player names in chat (ticket #13)

Added intelligent downgrading of group channels (/i is automatically converted to /ra or /p if you're not in an instance group, and /ra and /rw are converted to /i or /p if you're not in a raid group) (ticket #9)

Updated Battle.net player name shift-click reports to support Hearthstone and the Battle.net Desktop App

Version 5.4.2.231

Battle.net names will now be colored by class all the time, not just when replacing them with character names

Battle.net "Player (Character) has come online" messages will now be shortened to just "Name has come online" using your Battle.net name settings

Battle.net name shortening and coloring will no longer occasionally not work right away after logging in

The /tt and /wt commands will now recognize the player as a valid whisper target

Updated Traditional Chinese localization from tss1398383123 on Curse

Version 5.4.2.221

Fixed an issue with removing realm names

Version 5.4.1.219

Improved the behavior of history cycling after reusing an existing history line.

Fixed an error that would occur when trying to cycle through chat history before any lines were added to it.

Version 5.4.1.216

Added a limited workaround for Blizzard's stupid auto-complete changes in 5.4 that broke the ability to cycle through your chat input history using the Up/Down arrows without holding the Alt key. However, this is limited to non-secure commands only. If you need to access previously entered secure commands (like /cast or /use) you will still need to hold the Alt key.

Version 5.4.1.212

Updated for WoW 5.4

Fixed the "Shorten RealID names" option not saving properly

Version 5.3.0.210

Updated German localization from staratnight

Updated Simplified Chinese localization from tss1398383123

Version 5.3.0.209

Updated for WoW 5.3

Battle.net names are no longer class colored when Show Class Colors is disabled

Version 5.2.0.208

Channel names are now shortened in the editbox too

Chat fade time can now be specified in 15-second increments

Version 5.2.0.203

Updated Traditional Chinese localization from BNSSNB on CurseForge

Updated German localization from bigx2 on CurseForge

Version 5.2.0.201

Fixed shortening real names at first login

Fixed using short names for numbered channels instead of numbers only (Lua config only)

Version 5.2.0.198

Updated for WoW 5.2

The "Shorten player names" option has been renamed to "Remove server names" and now only removes server names from cross-realm character names.

A new "Shorten real names" option has been added, with the choice of keeping full names, showing first names only, or replacing Real ID names with BattleTags.

The "Replace real names" option will continue to replace both Real ID names and BattleTags with character names.

Added /who print when shift-clicking Real ID player names to keep them consistent with normal player names

Improved efficiency of bottom button display check

Improved visibility of resize edges on unlocked chat frames

Fixed URL linking to not cause taint

Version 3.3.5.94

Due to file changes, you should completely uninstall your existing copy of the addon before installing this version. Removing your old saved variables is recommended, but not required.

Added a Shorten Player Names feature, which shortens player names by removing realm names from cross-realm players and last names from Real ID players.

Removed the Auto Start Chat Log feature, because I never used it.

Removed the Color Player Names feature, because it was just too much code and performance overhead to color the very few types of messages that the default UI doesn't already color, and also confused all the people who never read patch notes or change logs.

Translations are needed for all locales.

All existing translations for the configuration UI have been discarded, since none of them had been updated since the transition from slash commands to a GUI over a year ago. If you can provide translations for any locale, please send me a PM.

Additionally, several chat channels are currently only shortened in English locales, because nobody has provided translations for them. If you see a channel name that isn't shortened, please post a bug report ticket with your locale (eg. "German" or "deDE"), the English name of the channel (eg. "General"), the localized name of the channel (eg. "Allgemein"), and an appropriate short form for your locale (eg. "A").

Version 3.3.5.73

Fixed a bug preveing the new Battle.net "toast" window from being shown

Use RAID_CLASS_COLORS for class coloring (I recommend ReTeal for restoring the teal class color for shamans)

Version 20100-r07

Changed method for getting class information from short who queries. This means you will not get class coloring from shift-clicking blood elves and night elves.

Version 20100-r06

Changed detection pattern for short who results to be less specific (should always pick up names and classes now)

Added a compatibility check to stop the errors from AtlasLoot when validating items

Version 20100-r05

Fixed FuBar plugin / minimap icon error

changed FuBar plugin / minimap icon menu

Version 20100-r04

Fixed duplicate FuBar plugin / minimap icon

Version 20100-r03

Fixed sticky channels toggle

Fixed channel color memory toggle

Maybe fixed Auctioneer conflict (I couldn't reproduce it)

Version 20100-r02

Added option to save class colors between sessions

Added option to suppress certain spammy messages

Added optional GUI configuration

Version 20100-r01

TEMPORARY fix for visible line ID. Note that this fix discards the line ID completely, preventing use of the new spam reporting functions. If you would prefer to report spam, disable the player name class coloring and bracket removal features.

Originally posted by rassa ... when i click on a chat windows made for whispers

Originally posted by keLston Ah one last thing, long shot here but since it sorta involves chat tabs. I was wondering if you knew what was doing this to my combat log!

I haven't seen anything like this, and can't see how anything in PhanxChat could move the chat tabs that way. Do you guys have any other addons that touch the chat frame, or any addons like Skinner that make broad changes to the UI?

Originally posted by keLston Is there a way to have /tt recognize server tags for LFD and Battlegrounds so when I try to /tt someone in a BG instead of it trying to whisper everyone as if it were from my server, it would actually append the target's server?

Yeah. I vaguely remember noticing that a while back, but there is so rarely any communication at all in cross-server dungeon groups (and I don't PvP) that it wasn't irritating enough for me to remember. I'll look into it.

Originally posted by keLston
As it stands, Blizzard's default color by class doesn't seem to actually color anyone by class until you actually /who the person so everything comes out as just white text (or i'm doing it wrong, I have all of the checkboxes for Show Class Colors checked) and with nothing being noticeably differentiated besides the small colon, it's sort of difficult to read when stuff gets a little hectic. [/b]

I noticed this when playing with PhanxChat for the first time last night. Unchecking and rechecking the option for class-colored names in the PhanxChat options panel fixed this problem for me.

Now, my issues:

I'd like to be able change the alpha of the chat window when I mouse over it. Coming from being a Prat 3.0 user, I'm very used to having a completely transparent chat window all the time, mouseover or not. I see this feature request is marked "won't add feature", which is a bit of a bummer for me. But that's ok if there's another way to accomplish it, another addon, whatever.

Also, I would like to change the font, just in the chat window(s) to game-included Fritz Quadrata.

edit: i actually did some research about the player name brackets and found a program to edit the LUA file, it was pretty easy

sorry if i didnt explain myself better, ive been doing some tests and only happens when i click on a chat windows made for whispers, no biggie tho just wanted to know if its possible to fix it. im posting a couple of screenshots so you can see what i mean, i cannot explain any better since my english isnt that good

first pic is the normal chat window, and second picture shows how the whisper window look when i click on it. thanks.

Ah one last thing, long shot here but since it sorta involves chat tabs. I was wondering if you knew what was doing this to my combat log!

edit:

I lied.

Is there a way to have /tt recognize server tags for LFD and Battlegrounds so when I try to /tt someone in a BG instead of it trying to whisper everyone as if it were from my server, it would actually append the target's server?

Doubtful, as I think chat timestamps are totally worthless and have zero plans to ever enable them myself or add code relating to them in PhanxChat.

If you don't like the timestamp formats the default UI provides, any standalone timestamp addon that worked before 3.3.5 should still work just fine.

Originally posted by keLston ... color by class doesn't seem to actually color anyone by class until you actually /who the person ...

Are you sure that you didn't accidentally disable class coloring? I haven't seen any uncolored names, with the exception of guild achievement messages, which is an issue that's been around for a while that I've been too lazy to try to address.

I realize you're not a big fan of meddling with stuff that's already provided by Blizzard UI, but figured it'd be worth a shot. It's sort of a cosmetic thing for me (makes chat slightly easier to read ;x).

There a way to make PhanxChat noticeably separate the Blizzard timestamps to make it closer to the time stamps you'd be more used to in standard chatrooms other MMOs along with adding some sort of separator function for player names? (Yeah I read the declined features, i'm not asking for special time stamps, I just would like time stamp formatting ;x).

ie: [hh:mm:ss] [channel][name]: message

As it stands, Blizzard's default color by class doesn't seem to actually color anyone by class until you actually /who the person so everything comes out as just white text (or i'm doing it wrong, I have all of the checkboxes for Show Class Colors checked) and with nothing being noticeably differentiated besides the small colon, it's sort of difficult to read when stuff gets a little hectic.

Holding off on posting a new release until I get clarification about the problem Kendian mentioned, and probably add some code to kill Blizzard's "click the tab to open the edit box" behavior when the edit box is at the top of the chat frame, so I can stop answering the same question over and over. >_<

This addon is a beautiful thing, my thanks for getting it ready for patch day. ANyhoo, small thing...is there anyway at all to get rid of edit box border/texture, so all I see is my channel header and cursor? My thanks, in advance, for any/all help, and keep up the great work, it IS appreciated~